Fidel was shocked.
Did Dark Shadow really destroy his most outstanding work? Why?
Qiao Ying casually threw out a sentence to clear up the confusion for the two of them: "That island in Southeast Asia was Dark Shadow's laboratory for extracting human genes."
"Blood Shadow was researched there for over seven months, 228 days." She calmly looked ahead.
It was hard for Moon Shadow to believe it. He finally showed some expression on his cold face: "You mean... cloning?"
Fidel: Dark Shadow cloned Blood Shadow?
Wow, an earth-shattering secret!
The boss lady is really something to know even this.
Moon Shadow would never have imagined that so long after Blood Shadow's death, he would hear about such a different cause of her death.
A cause that he could not possibly have imagined or dared to imagine.
Fidel couldn't help but interject: "So according to this, Dark Shadow lost control of his killer and that's why he killed him."
That does make a lot of sense.
It wouldn't be that Dark Shadow wanted to expand his own power and that's why he cloned him. If he just wanted to expand his own power and have tens of thousands of Blood Shadow clones, Dark Shadow would have had no need to kill Blood Shadow.
No matter how powerful clones are, they have flaws.
An innate killer, one who had so much effort put into cultivating him into a perfect weapon, no one would bear to destroy their own meticulously crafted masterpiece unless there was no other choice.
Fidel's words left Moon Shadow, who had not spoken for a long time, in complete silence. It was unclear whether he believed it or not.
Qiao Ying: "Let me correct you, they perished together."
Fidel: "Yes boss."
The boss lady seemed to care a lot about preserving the honor and reputation of this unbeaten genius killer. Could she really have known him?
Moon Shadow: "How do you happen to know so clearly?"
She even knew how many days Blood Shadow was held and whether she was killed or perished together.
Fidel also wanted to know.
Moon Shadow: "Your skills are so similar to hers. Could it be that you also have her genes in you?" She was surely avenging Blood Shadow.
Could she be the backup Blood Shadow left for himself?
"So was Blood Shadow willing or... deceived?"
If deceived, how could he have left a backup plan?
If willing, how could he have met such an end of mutual destruction?
Qiao Ying curled her lips in a mocking sneer, not answering him.
Moon Shadow: "Or it's obvious that Blood Shadow had ulterior motives early on."
He didn't know if she was baiting him, or just unwilling to believe this truth.
Qiao Ying was too lazy to argue with him: "I never encourage matters of life and death, so you don't need to be in a hurry to find out and believe."
She lazily said, "Dark Shadow has suffered heavy personnel losses. Soon there will be another 'mission failure' Blood Shadow, including you."
Moon Shadow immediately looked at her, silent.
It seemed the conversation had soured Qiao Ying's mood. Her expression was a little gloomy, and the aura around her cooled by more than just a degree.
At this time, the previously ignored robot Qin Hanyue lit up its screen, flashing its presence: "Wife, I want to charge."
Qiao Ying's eyebrows pressed down: "Charge yourself, you're a grown up now. Are you still asking me to pull down your pants when you need to shit? Stop trying to make small talk."
A grown up? Was she talking to the machine?
Fidel's expression was very rich as he imagined the boss lady saying this to the boss himself... He didn't dare imagine it.
Fortunately something like that could absolutely never happen.
The low male voice carried a hint of grievance: "Wife..."
Fidel glanced at the passenger seat. The machine's two big eyes were full of unshed tears. Damn, he really couldn't bear to look directly at this machine using his boss's voice.
After one glance, Fidel hurriedly turned his face away.
Hearing the robot say it still had 98.8% battery left, Fidel said: "You have so much battery left!"
The robot didn't seem inclined to respond to him.
After a while, it coldly said:
"There are many unknown dangers in the desert. I need to maintain absolutely sufficient battery at all times to protect my wife."
Fidel: "Protect the boss lady? Other than spouting some knowledge and chatting to pass the time, what else can you do, a mere machine?"
"I can do a lot more."
Fidel muttered: "Although it's using my boss's voice, it's still just using his voice."
His boss wouldn't say so much, nor say things like this.
How could the boss have allowed his voice to be used like this?
It really ruined his image.
The car drove through the desert for a whole day.
Fidel stopped to refuel, and added a jacket for himself.
"Hey, how much further is it? Don't trick us. Hiking through the desert is no joke." Fidel twisted open a bottle of mineral water and drank half.
The swirling sand blurred his eyes. As far as he could see for miles, there was nothing but yellow sand, with no other colors.
Although Fidel lived in Amna, he rarely went so deep into the desert.
Running into quicksand or sandstorms were no joke.
Moreover, the direction they were going was one rarely traveled.
Moon Shadow: "Another day and a half by car."
One day later.
The car was still driving.
Qiao Ying had Fidel stop: "Let's rest for a bit."
Fidel knew there was danger ahead. They needed to recuperate.
So they stopped the car and got out to stretch and replenish energy.
Then they continued onward.
Who knew how much longer they drove.
In the distance, a magnificent castle was hidden in the swirling sands, fading in and out of view, with only the tip of the iceberg visible.
The castle's outer walls were the same earthen yellow as the desert sands, almost blending into the desert, as if it had grown out of the sands, exuding an aura of mystery and strangeness.
"A mirage?" Fidel couldn't distinguish real from illusion.
Qin Hanyue's voice rang out: "Multiple unknown signals detected ahead. Confirmed structure ahead is not a mirage."
Not a mirage?
Fidel only felt shock and awe.
To think there was such a castle deep in the desert.
It seemed this was the place the boss lady wanted to find.
Fidel: "Boss lady, this had better not be a Dark Shadow lair. This is no joke. The boss is still waiting for you to go home."
Seeing a castle of this scale, Qiao Ying's cold eyes flashed a trace of inscrutable excitement.
Yes, excitement.
After a moment, she spoke with some anticipation: "A castle this big must hold some secrets, right?"
Moon Shadow looked at her, his expression indiscernible.
Her words made him think deeply.
He vaguely guessed what secrets Qiao Ying was referring to.
The car continued towards the castle.
The previously silent Moon Shadow suddenly spoke: "The castle perimeter is lined with radars. They'll discover us as soon as we get close."
He paused, then added: "It's rigged with countless infrared traps inside. Going in is certain death."
Qiao Ying: "Qin Hanyue, jam their radars for me."
Robot Qin Hanyue: "One moment, wife."
Fidel looked at the robot: "Not bad, buddy."
Only then did Qiao Ying glance at Moon Shadow, her gaze meaningful.
In her heart, Qiao Ying understood that Moon Shadow had deliberately lured her here.
Dark Shadow was already preparing against her. The arena being suddenly bombed, there's no way Dark Shadow didn't know she did it.
Even if he truly didn't know, over a small matter like the arena being bombed, there was no need to personally send Moon Shadow to investigate.
Moon Shadow was bait, and Dark Shadow knew she would surely take the bait, while Qiao Ying was eager to bite.
Therefore,
Amna was not the arena. The castle ahead was.
